Four years ago, when they were running out of room in their two-bedroom bungalow, Pastor Alvarado and Gennifer Leong-Alvarado went to architects Rebecca Rudolph and Catherine Johnson of Design, ...

Accessory dwelling units (ADU’s) are small, secondary dwelling units located on the same lot as a larger, principal dwelling unit. They can be a detached structure in the backyard, an over-the-garage ...

Summit County homeowners seeking to build an accessory dwelling unit, also known as granny flats or ADUs, can now use free stock plans offered by the county government. Officials unveiled four ...

Dec. 9—ROCHESTER — Rochester is preparing to open the door wider for the creation of accessory-dwelling units, sometimes called "granny flats," but one builder decided not to wait. Bigelow Homes ...

The term accessory dwelling unit might evoke images of granny shacks inhabited by aging parents, sleek prefab backyard units that keep family close or converted garage rentals that offer supplemental ...

So you want a rentable second home on your property? Hurry up and be patient, advise people experienced in the painstaking, but possibly profitable project that takes advantage of underused land.

There are as many reasons to build a second, smaller home near your house as there are styles in which to design the self-contained flat. In Kol Peterson's new book, "Backdoor Revolution-The ...

PALO ALTO - California's housing crisis has innovators thinking outside the box to come up with solutions from many angles. In Palo Alto, one architect has a novel plan to help multigenerational ...